29Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;


In Context

26 I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;

27 when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:

28 then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me.

29 Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;

30 they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof:

31 therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.

Proverbs 1:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:29Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the Lord ,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:29Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:29For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:29because they hated knowledge, and didn't choose the fear of Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:29Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: